Person    | Female  Born 1960 

Louise Simson

Categories: Sculpture

London-based sculptor. When she won the competition to make the Alleyn statue the Dulwich Society provided a short biography. Born London. 1986-90 worked in film, television and theatre. “... her continuing passion in her sculptures is the portrayal of movement.”

In 2011 the New York Times reported that "For most of a decade, the Wimbledon men’s champions and runners-up have received large bronze sculptures created from pictures taken of them in action during their finals."  At the time Simson was living and working in Peckham.

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Louise Simson

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Edward Alleyn statue

This sculpture depicts a scene on a stage, in which Alleyn is acting with a y...

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Other Subjects

C. Buchard / C. Buchan
1 memorial
Derwent Wood

Derwent Wood

Sculptor. Born Francis Derwent Wood at Eskin Place, Caslerigg, St John's, Keswick, Cumberland. His family moved to Switzerland and then Germany, where he studied and became proficient in three lang...

Person, Sculpture, Germany, Scotland, Switzerland

3 memorials
M. L. Watson

M. L. Watson

Born Cumberland. Other work includes a statue of Queen Elizabeth I for the Royal Exchange.

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
Mario Raggi

Mario Raggi

Sculptor.  Born Italy.  Moved to England in 1850.  Died Farnham, Surrey.

Person, Sculpture, Italy

1 memorial
Hubert le Sueur

Hubert le Sueur

French sculptor who spent most of his working life in England working for the court of Charles I.

Person, Sculpture, France

1 memorial

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John Rutherford

John Rutherford

Clerk of Girdlers Hall in 1960.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Joseph Grimaldi - Graywood Court

Joseph Grimaldi - Graywood Court

N12, Graywood Court, 6

There was another plaque to Grimaldi's home very close by.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Karl Marx

Karl Marx

Born Trier, Germany (then Prussia). Died Maitland Park Road, Hampstead.  Lived briefly in Brussels. From the Institute for Fiscal Studies: "Marx lived for a time after arriving in London in 1849 a...

Person, Philosophy, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Germany

6 memorials
H. E. Robson

H. E. Robson

Member of the staff of A. W. Gamage Ltd and/or Benetfink & Co. Ltd. Killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial